[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 229 (Thursday, November 30, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 83580-83581]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-26325]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

National Institute of Justice

[OJP (NIJ) Docket No. 1818]


Body Armor Manufacturer In-Person Workshop

AGENCY: National Institute of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. 
Department of Justice.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) will hold an in-person 
workshop for body armor manufacturers to provide an overview of NIJ 
Standard 0101.07, Ballistic Resistance of Body Armor, and NIJ Standard 
0123.00, Specification for NIJ Ballistic Protection Levels and 
Associated Test Threats. The NIJ Compliance Testing Program (CTP) will 
outline how it will begin to phase out use of NIJ Standard 0101.06 and 
phase in the use of NIJ Standard 0101.07 in the administration of the 
program over the next year. The impact of the transition to NIJ 
Standard 0101.07 on the Compliant Products List (CPL) and Follow-up 
Inspection Testing (FIT) of currently listed body armor models 
compliant with NIJ Standard 0101.06 will also be discussed.

DATES: The in-person workshop will be held on Thursday, February 15, 
2024, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. eastern time.

ADDRESSES: The in-person workshop will be held at RTI International's 
William M. Moore, Jr. Collaboration Center, located in the Holden 
Building on RTI's main campus at 3040 E Cornwallis Road, Research 
Triangle Park, NC 27709.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Greene, Office Director, Office 
of Technology and Standards, National Institute of Justice, 810 7th 
Street NW, Washington, DC 20531 by telephone at (202) 598-9481 [Note: 
this is not a toll-free telephone number], or by email at 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#117c70637a3f766374747f7423516462757e7b3f767e67"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5e333f2c3570392c3b3b303b6c1e2b2d3a313470393128">[email protected]</span></a>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The in-person workshop will be an open forum 
and there will opportunities for attendees to ask questions. Space is 
limited at this workshop, and as a result, NIJ requests that each

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manufacturer limit their representatives to no more than two per 
organization. Exceptions to this limit may occur, should space allow. 
Participants planning to attend are responsible for their own travel 
arrangements. To register for the in-person workshop, please send an 
email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f2938199918682b29c9b98918682dc9d8095"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4a2b3921293e3a0a242320293e3a6425382d">[email protected]</span></a> by 5 p.m. eastern time on Friday, February 
2, 2024, and provide the name of your company and the names of the 
representatives who will attend. Please put ``Body Armor Manufacturer 
In-person Workshop'' in the subject line of the email. A preliminary 
agenda will be sent to registered attendees approximately one week 
prior to the workshop.
    Attendees should note that the workshop will be held at RTI 
International's main campus in Research Triangle Park, NC, where the 
NIJ CTP is administered. A map of the campus can be found on the RTI 
website at https://www.rti.org/sites/default/files/rtp_campus_map_9_2022.pdf. Please note that visitor access to the RTI 
campus is controlled. Please see https://www.rti.org/sites/default/files/visitor_management_system_visitor_process_guide_map.pdf for more 
information on the RTI visitor management process.
    More information about standards and conformity assessment at NIJ 
can be found here: https://nij.ojp.gov/equipment-standards-and-conformity-assessment. More information on the NIJ CTP can be found 
here: https://cjtec.org/compliance-testing-program/.
    NIJ publishes this notice pursuant to its authority at 34 U.S.C. 
10122(c) and 6 U.S.C. 161-165.

Nancy La Vigne,
Director, National Institute of Justice.
[FR Doc. 2023-26325 Filed 11-29-23; 8:45 am]
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